Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Том 1Victoria Institute., 1867 |
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... period , of which it would be impossible to fix , even approximately , the duration , the primitively gaseous star arrived at a liquid condition . . . . . Mechanics teach us that a liquid body kept in a state of rotation takes ...
... period , of which it would be impossible to fix , even approximately , the duration , the primitively gaseous star arrived at a liquid condition . . . . . Mechanics teach us that a liquid body kept in a state of rotation takes ...
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... periods . . . . We learn now that those forms of animal life which roamed over the surface of the earth before man came to exercise dominion over them , were not , as was at one time supposed , destroyed before his arrival , but ...
... periods . . . . We learn now that those forms of animal life which roamed over the surface of the earth before man came to exercise dominion over them , were not , as was at one time supposed , destroyed before his arrival , but ...
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... periods , " I think the following remarks are worthy of consideration . " The first step in the false inductions geology made , arose from the rash deduction that the order in which the fossil remains of organic being were found ...
... periods , " I think the following remarks are worthy of consideration . " The first step in the false inductions geology made , arose from the rash deduction that the order in which the fossil remains of organic being were found ...
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... periods and intervals were therefore assigned between the time of the various formations . " This was published before Mr. Hamilton's Address was delivered . And now ( the author goes on to ask ) , when the evidence of man's co ...
... periods and intervals were therefore assigned between the time of the various formations . " This was published before Mr. Hamilton's Address was delivered . And now ( the author goes on to ask ) , when the evidence of man's co ...
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... period of time , could prove the assertion that the chain of endless causation can never be broken . What we call a law of nature is but the observation of a certain number of facts which we class under a certain formula ; a certain ...
... period of time , could prove the assertion that the chain of endless causation can never be broken . What we call a law of nature is but the observation of a certain number of facts which we class under a certain formula ; a certain ...
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Стр. 70 - He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Стр. 70 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Стр. 61 - To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.
Стр. 70 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Стр. 51 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Стр. 114 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Стр. 68 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Стр. 55 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide.
Стр. 68 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the . darkness hideth not from Thee ; but the night shineth As the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Стр. 54 - He created a few original forms, capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.